Table 1.
Sample demographic and study characteristics of the 11 studies included in the reviewa.
| Characteristics | Values | |
| Sampleb size (n), range | 6-99 | |
| Age (years), rangec | 13-25 | |
| YEHd sample from studies that examined gender (n=526), n (%) | ||
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Women | 225 (42.8) |
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Men | 216 (41.1) |
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Transgender | 10 (1.9) |
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Gender fluid | 5 (1) |
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Unknown or missing information | 70 (13.3) |
| YEH sample from studies that examined sexuality (n=526), n (%) | ||
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Heterosexual | 135 (25.7) |
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Homosexual | 9 (1.7) |
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Bisexual | 8 (1.5) |
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Other | 27 (5.1) |
| YEH sample from studies that examined ethnicity (n=526), n (%) | ||
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Black | 226 (42.9) |
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Hispanic | 58 (11) |
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White | 49 (9.3) |
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Mixed race | 36 (6.8) |
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Other | 26 (4.9) |
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Unknown or missing information | 27 (5.1) |
| Studies that specified mental illness or conditionse (n=11), n (%) | ||
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Psychiatric disorders (dysthymia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSDf, adjustment disorders, psychosis, ADHDg, emotion regulation, or personality disorders) | 6 (54.5) |
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Substance use (alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana) | 5 (45.5) |
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None | 2 (18.2) |
| Studies that specified places of YEH recruitment (n=11), n (%) | ||
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Shelter | 4 (36.4) |
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Transitional housing | 2 (18.2) |
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Drop-in centers | 2 (18.2) |
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Various services for YEH | 2 (18.2) |
aTucker et al [39] and Linnemayr et al [38] analyzed the same population. This table only includes data from the study by Linnemayr et al [38], because this report had the largest population.
bTotal number of participants allocated to each intervention and those who completed baseline assessments.
cAge range was obtained from the age ranges provided as inclusion criteria by each study, except for the studies by Glover et al [40] and Thompson et al [42], who reported the actual sample age range. Two studies [36,47] did not report on age ranges, but their mean ages were 19.13 (SD 0.9) and 17.5 (SD 1.1) years, respectively.
dYEH: youth experiencing homelessness.
eA total of 11 studies reported on mental illness, among which 6 reported on participants with psychiatric disorders and 5 on substance use.
fPTSD: posttraumatic stress disorder.
gADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.